Spence calls aboriginal senator Brazeau names on Twitter

OTTAWA — A salty-language twitter spat between Chief Theresa Spence and Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau broke out Thursday morning while a press conference marking the end of Spence’s hunger protest was underway.

Chief Theresa Spence missed the press conference to mark the end of hunger strike because she was hospitalized, but the person operating her official twitter account called Brazeau an “asshole” in response to comments the Conservative aboriginal senator had posted.

“Regarding Ms. Spence’s comment towards me, contrary to much advice, I will not “dis-Spence,” Brazeau later tweeted in response.

Brazeau has been consistently critical of Spence’s strike and the Idle No More protest movement, often taking to Twitter to express his opinions.

He has said previously that Spence should be going through the “proper parliamentary process” rather than demanding a meeting with Harper. He was turned away when he attempted to visit Spence on Victoria Island in December.

Brazeau has run into his own problems with twitter, briefly halting his posts a few months ago after he used bad language to describe a parliamentary reporter.